The Wartime Films of Britain and Hollywood
Olney Centre and Zoom. Speaker: Dr Colin Shindler, author, broadcaster, Cambridge lecturer. Bafta award winning TV writer and producer.
Olney Archaeological Society
Speaker meetings
BBC 100th Anniversary gallery opening
Features a series of live Q&As, including with former BBC Technology Correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones, and free STEM activities for children.
The National Museum of Computing
Music in art
Sophie Natthews explores the instruments in selected works of art and then gives live demonstrations on replicas of the instruments depicted.
Arts Society North Bucks
Stonehenge in the 20th century
Speaker: Susan Westlake, a senior properties historian with English Heritage. £3.00 for non-members.
Yardley Gobion History Group
Cosgrove heroes and villains
Speaker: Wendy Page. £3.00 for non-members.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society
The Chedworth Roman Villa
This Zoom talk is by Dr Martin Papworth, National Trust Archaeologist, who has worked on the villa with its unusually late, 5th-Century mosaic.
Olney Archaeological Society
Life of the Poor and Assisted Emigration
Speaker: Judy Hill. A Zoom talk for BFHS members. Online membership costs £6.00 a year.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society
Hartwell and its links with Roade
Angela Malin’s talk will cover the historical links between Roade and Hartwell (and Ashton) and include records from the Duke of Grafton estate collection.
Roade Local History Society
Bricks and brick-making in the area
Gerard Lynch ‘s talk will cover from the Roman period, right up to the present day including information about the manufacture of bricks in Woburn Sands.
Bow Brickhill History Society
Bridges in North Bucks
Speaker: Professor Marshall Hall. Professor Hall is the author of Historic Bridges of Buckinghamshire. £3.00 for non-members.
Newport Pagnell Historical Society